Player told to harm disabled teammate — This guy needs to be jailed for life.
A youth baseball coach paid one of his players to throw a ball at the head of a mentally disabled, 8-year-old teammate so the boy wouldn’t be able to play in a game, police said on Friday.
Mark R. Downs Jr., 27, offered one of his players $25 (euro21) to hit the boy in the head, police said. The player hit the boy in both the head and the groin.
The kid who took the $25 and threw the ball twice hitting him should be put away too. The story seems to gloss over that aspect of this sickening situation.
found by P. McEntee
It took me a few minutes to come up with an idea about the picture. My guess is a slide of the coach’s brain showing the severe atrophy. That explains his behavior.
8 yr olds playing T-Ball are competitive? In my daughter’s T-ball league the aim is to NOT keep score and allow every kid the chance to hit and play different positions.
I agree thats just rotten.
betcha it happens all the time. little-kid sports are a cut-throat business for the adults involved.